The Republicans could not have been in a better position months away from the November US elections. In early July the party looked united behind Donald Trump on the heels of a disappointing debate by incumbent president Joe Biden.
Biden’s performance was so bad that his own party was publicly and privately pushing him to step down. The Democrats were in disarray, with real concerns that if Biden did step down, the party would not be able to agree on who should succeed him.
Just over a month later, and after one of the most expertly laid campaign rollouts, the Democrats have provided an electrifying convention that has not only been filled with dynamic speeches, but managed to unite around the candidacy of Kamala Harris and her vice presidential nominee, Tim Walz.
